IT: UK Parliament Mail - The Ministry Of Silly Messages

[Seth Finkelstein]

	New report:

  UK Parliament Mail - The Ministry Of Silly Messages
  http://sethf.com/anticensorware/general/uk.php

  Abstract: This report examines messages being rejected by a mail
  system in use by the UK parliament.

	I've reverse-engineered why the system used by the UK
parliament to scan mail for "inappropriate content" was bouncing
messages ranging from Welsh newsletters to a Shakespeare quote.
Censorware is not fond of pussy-cats and tit-willows.

URLs:

E-mail vetting blocks MPs' sex debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2723851.stm

Software blocks MPs' Welsh e-mail
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/2727133.stm

Plaid up in arms as Commons spam filter bans Welsh
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29199.html

UK Parliament Mail - The Ministry Of Silly Messages
http://sethf.com/anticensorware/general/uk.php

NTK (Need-To-Know) coverage
http://www.ntk.net/2003/02/07/

Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties (UK)
http://www.cyber-rights.org/

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